Electron beam therapy for difficult cutaneous basal and squamous cell carcinoma.
Electron beam therapy was used to treat twenty-nine patients with squamous or basal cell carcinomas considered unsuitable for surgery or conventional superficial X-ray therapy. Primary control failed in two patients at 2 and 5 years. Good cosmetic and functional results occurred in all patients treated. The advantages of this therapy in the management of cutaneous tumours which are difficult to treat are discussed.
D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D011882:Radiotherapy, High-Energy / Q000379:methods; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D013997:Time Factors